Politicians’ Believed ‘Grim’ COVID Messaging Would Be The Most Effective

Telling public you won't die 'if you're lucky' a long way from 'minimization of public panic and fear'

Tom Gantert | July 24, 2021

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Benton Harbor Schools Held Back No Third Graders In 2020-21 School Year

District cited in liberal nonprofit’s panic about law to restrict promoting children who can’t read to next grade

Tom Gantert | July 23, 2021

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Another Granholm Green Energy Winner That Was A Bust

$50 million taxpayer dollars down the tubes

Jamie A. Hope | July 22, 2021

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Liberal Nonprofit News Site Paints Unfair Picture Of Reading Retention Law

ProPublica fails to mention specific exemptions to being held back

Tom Gantert | July 20, 2021

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Earlier Poll Anticipated Vaccine Lottery's Underwhelming Results

Downward trajectory of weekly vaccinations not dented by state's prize offers

Jamie A. Hope and Tom Gantert | July 19, 2021

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U-M Says ‘No’ To Open Records Law Payroll Request, Michigan Court Of Claims Says ‘Yes’

Records would indicate if university’s state of emergency pay freeze was real

Jamie A. Hope | July 17, 2021

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Michigan’s Subsidized Green Energy Adventures Arrived With Headlines, Faded In Silence

Remember Swedish Biogas?

Tom Gantert | July 16, 2021

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Former State Health Director Wanted ‘Credible Threat’ Of Police Lockdown Sanctions

‘People who see local violations ... can contact local police’

Jamie A. Hope | July 15, 2021

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Detroit’s Unemployment 8.1% Before Epidemic, Spiked To 40.4% In May 2020

ACLU had warned, minorities, disadvantaged ‘bear the brunt of tough public health measures’

Tom Gantert | July 14, 2021

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Michigan’s Teacher Pension Fund Earned Just 5.3% Last Year

401(k) investors in a Vanguard stock-and-bond index fund did better

Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff Reports | July 13, 2021

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Granholm-Subsidized Biochemicals Incubator Now Makes Ethanol For Cocktails

‘You have to adapt’ says current owner of company once touted as cutting-edge

Tom Gantert | July 12, 2021

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The Quiet Shortfall In Michigan Schools

Tom Gantert | July 10, 2021

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Credit Or Blame? Whitmer Boasts On Michigan’s Post-COVID Economic Performance

It’s not good

Jamie A. Hope | July 9, 2021

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Whitmer’s Renewables Order Would Cover Whole Regions In Turbines And Solar Arrays

Jamie A. Hope | July 8, 2021

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Whitmer’s Tax-And-Borrow Missteps Halted Road Repair Progress

Despite ‘Fix the damn roads’ campaign rhetoric, transportation debt is higher and state road repair dollars fewer

Jamie A. Hope | July 7, 2021

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Consumers Energy and DTE Seek Higher Rates, Again

Jamie A. Hope | July 6, 2021

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State Report Boasts Lower Michigan Case Rate; Silent On Higher Death Rate

Tom Gantert | July 5, 2021

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Michigan's Liquor Taxes Among the Stiffest in the Nation

Olivia Miller | July 4, 2021

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Michigan Nonprofits Relieved By Supreme Court’s Donor Privacy Ruling

Key state officers here favor government efforts to seize donor names, addresses

Tom Gantert | July 3, 2021

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School Funding Looks Unequal If Major Revenue Sources Not Counted

And one of those sources helped solve major school spending disparities

Tom Gantert | July 2, 2021

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